After practicing for the last few days my fingers are Raw. I felt something was wrong and I was having pleny of trouble with buzzing and deadened notes.  I had a Firefighter friend that plays look at my Guitar and he showed me how high the action was and that the neck bowed in a valley shape. I got home and checked my daughters out and found hers was not bad but did have a hill shape to theneck. 

My friend suggested I go see KING BEE GUITARS in Franklin,TN.

WOW! what a great, off the beaten path, Guitar shop

There were old, new, refurbs, classic fender amps, sitars, banjos, steel guitars and a stage. there were autographed pictures of the musicians. Brad Paisley, Heart, "Goober",   My daughter got a kick out of it.

Gary Gilert looked at and played our guitars. He said that my daughters could use a setup and that mine was a real "cheese grater". He said it hurt his fingers and he has played for over 25 years.

I am paying $55 per guitar and $7 for strings to have them both set up properly.( It will take him a week to do it.) I hope this will make learning more enjoyable and easier.

I will keep you posted as to the end results.